June 26, 2011 Spoke with Greg Vernovage today. Another super productive day on the hill. The team moved up to the 11,000 ft. camp and are ensconced there now. They even had enough time to drop down after getting camp organized and picked up their cache at 10,400 ft. That means all members and all […]
June 25, 2011 IMG Senior Guide, Greg Vernovage, reported in yesterday from Denali. The group carried from the confluence of the main and northeast folks of the Kahiltna Glacier up to about 10,400 ft. After dropping their cache, they returned to the confluence. Next move is up to 11,000 ft., returning the next day to […]
June 22, 2011
July 6, 2010 After several days at High Camp, IMG Partner Phil Ershler called in to let us know that he and his team summitted! They were at 14,000ft on their way down when he called. IMG Guide Greg Vernovage’s team tagged the top alongside Phil’s team. Phil said there was rough weather on summit […]
July 1, 2010 Phil just called in from Camp 3 (14,000ft.) on Denali … The team carried to High Camp yesterday and is enjoying rest day today. They plan on moving up to High Camp (17,000ft.) in the morning. The weather is ok with some winds up high on the mountain – “nothing too bad […]
June 29, 2010 IMG partner Phil Ershler called down on the sat phone from 14,000 to say that everything was going well for our team on Denali. Tomorrow they are planning to do a carry up to 17,000 feet.  We have a couple other IMG guides, Eben Reckord and Greg Vernovage, also on the mountain […]
July 1, 2009 Lead Guide Mike Hamill and his team reached the summit of Denali yesterday and are already back in Talkeetna! 20+ hours of daylight tends to give climbers a bit of extra motivation to get downhill! I just spoke with IMG Guide Eben Reckord who summitted a few days ago with Phil – […]
June 29, 2009 IMG Partner Phil Ershler called in from High Camp this morning after his team reached the summit! After a cruiser trip last year (right around 14 days) Phil and his team paid their dues while they waited out a barrage of storms. They spent over a week at 14,000ft as well as […]
June 27, 2009 Phil called from high camp at 17,000 feet. This is their second night at high camp. With him is guide Eben Reckord and 3 of the original group of 6 team members. The rest of the team descended with other guides due to time constraints. All is well with the group, and […]
June 22, 2009 Phil Ershler called in from 14,000′ on Denali at 11:00 a.m. on June 22 with the following report: They have carried supplies to high camp at 17,000 feet, and are holding at the 14,000 foot camp, waiting for an improvement in weather. They would normally spend 4 days at 14,000 feet, so […]
